61 The Immigrant
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Immigrant) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(Immigrant) |
|
Kitty Bradbury |
(Her mother) |
|
Albert Austin |
(Slavic immigrant and Diner) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Slavic woman immigrant and Artist) |
|
Loyal Underwood |
(Small immigrant) |
|
Eric Campbell |
(Head waiter) |
|
William Gillespie |
(Café violinist) |
|
James T. Kelly |
(Crew member and Shabby man in restaurant) |
|
John Rand |
(Crew member and Tipsy diner who cannot pay) |
|
Frank J. Coleman |
(Gambler on ship and Ship’s officer and Restaurant owner) |
|
Tom Harrington |
(Marriage registrar) |
|
Janet Miller Sully |
(Immigrant) |
Released: |
17 June 1917 |
Length: |
1809 ft |
62 The Adventurer
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Escaped convict) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(A girl) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Her father and A docker) |
|
Marta Golden |
(Her mother) |
|
Eric Campbell |
(Her suitor) |
|
Albert Austin |
(Butler) |
|
Toraichi Kono |
(Chauffeur) |
|
John Rand |
(Guest) |
|
Frank J. Coleman |
(Fat warder) |
|
Loyal Underwood |
(Small guest) |
|
May White |
|
|
Janet Miller Sully |
|
|
Monta Bell |
|
Released: |
22 October 1917 |
Length: |
1845 ft |
The First National Films 1918–23
General Credits:
Production: |
Chaplin–First National |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin |
Photographer: |
Roland Totheroh |
Second |
Jack Wilson |
Assistant: |
Charles (‘Chuck’) Riesner Production |
Designer: |
Charles D. Hall |
Filmed at the Chaplin Studio on Sunset and La Brea
62a How to Make Movies
A comedy-documentary showing the premises and personnel of the new Chaplin studios. The film seems never to have been assembled, although a title list was prepared. This was used by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill to reconstruct Chaplin’s intended film, and it was seen for the first time in its entirety at the 1981 London Film Festival. Some parts of the film had previously been used by Chaplin in The Chaplin Revue, however.
63 A Dog’s Life
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Tramp) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(Bar singer) |
|
Mut |
(Scraps) |
|
Sydney Chaplin |
(Lunch wagon owner) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Man in employment agency and Lady in dance hall) |
|
Charles Riesner |
(Clerk in employment agency and Drummer) |
|
Albert Austin |
(Crook) |
|
Tom Wilson |
(Policeman) |
|
M. J. McCarty |
(Unemployed man) |
|
Mel Brown |
|
|
Charles Force |
(Unemployed man) |
|
Bert Appling |
(Unemployed man) |
|
Thomas Riley |
(Unemployed man) |
|
Slim Cole |
(Unemployed man) |
|
Ted Edwards |
(Unemployed man) |
|
Louis Fitzroy |
(Unemployed man) |
|
Dave Anderson |
(Unemployed man) |
|
Granville Redmond |
(Proprietor of dance hall) |
|
Minnie Chaplin |
(Dramatic lady in dance hall) |
|
Alf Reeves |
(Man at bar) |
|
N. Tahbel |
(Hot tamaly man) |
|
Rob Wagner |
(Man in dance hall) |
|
I. S. McVey |
(Musician) |
|
J. F. Parker |
(Musician) |
|
Al Blake |
|
|
Loyal Underwood |
|
|
James T. Kelly |
(Customer at hot dog stand) |
|
Fred Starr |
|
|
Janet Miller Sully |
|
|
Grace Wilson [Mrs Tom Wilson] |
|
|
Jerry Ferragoma |
|
|
Park Jones |
Jack Duffy, Richard Dunbar, Edward Miller, Billy Dul, Bruce Randall, Brand O’Ree, Bill White, John Lord, Jim O’Niall, H. C. Simmons, J. L. Fraube, Jim Habif, Florence Parellee, Miss Cullington, Margaret Dracup, Ella Eckhardt, Sarah Rosenberg, Lottie Smithson, Lillian Morgan, Jean Johnson, Fay Holderness, Dorothy Cleveland, J. Miller, Minnie Eckhardt, Mrs Rigoletti (People in Dance Hall) |
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Production started: 15 January 1918
Production finished: 9 April 1918
Released: |
14 April 1918 |
Length: |
2674 ft |
64 The Bond
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
Edna Purviance |
|
Sydney Chaplin |
|
|
Henry Bergman |
(John Bull) |
|
Dorothy Rosher |
(Cupid) |
(Dorothy Rosher worked 17 and 19 August, at a rate of $10 per day)
Production started: 15 August 1918
Production finished: 22 August 1918
Released: |
16 December 1918 |
Length: |
685 ft |
64a (Chaplin–Lauder Charity Film)
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Himself) |
|
Harry Lauder |
(Himself) |
|
Filmed: |
22 January 1918 |
Apparently never completed or released
Length: |
745 ft (unedited) |
65 Shoulder Arms
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Recruit) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(French girl) |
|
Sydney Chaplin |
(Sergeant and The Kaiser) |
|
Jack Wilson |
(German Crown Prince) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Fat German sergeant and Field Marshal von Hindenburg) |
|
Albert Austin |
(American soldier and German soldier and Kaiser’s chauffeur) |
|
Tom Wilson |
(Training camp sergeant) |
|
John Rand |
(American soldier) |
|
Park Jones |
(American soldier) |
|
Loyal Underwood |
(Small German officer) |
|
W. G. Wagner, J. T. Powell, W. Herron, W. Cross, G. E. |
|
|
Marygold |
(Motorcyclists) |
|
C. L. Dice, G. A. Godfrey, L. A. Blaisdell, W. E. |
|
|
Allen, J. H. Warne |
(Motorcyclists – alternative group*) |
|
Roscoe Ward, Ed Hunt, M. J. Donovan, E. B. Johnson, Fred Graham, Louis Orr, Al Blake, Ray Hanford, Cliff Brouwer, Claude McAtee, F. S. Colby, Jack Shalford, Joe Van Meter, Guy Eakins, Jack Willis, Charles Cole, T. Madden |
|
|
|
(American and German soldiers) |
|
Harry Goldman, Jack Willis, Mark Faber, E. H. Devere, Fred Everman, A. North, Charles Knuske, O. E. Haskins, Tom Hawley, W. E. Graham, James Griffin, W. A. Hackett, E. Brucker, J. H. Shewry, Sam Lewis, R. B. McKenzie, K. Herlinger, A. J. Hartwell |
|
|
|
(Additional players in street set, with Kaiser’s car) |
|
In Cut Sequences |
|
|
Marion Feducha |
(Small boy) |
|
Alf Reeves |
(Draft board sergeant) |
|
Albert Austin |
(Draft board doctor) |
|
Peggy Prevost |
(Draft board clerk) |
|
Nina Trask |
(Draft board clerk) |
Production started: 27 May 1918
Production finished: 16 September 1918
Released: |
20 October 1918 |
Length: |
3142 ft |
Working title: |
‘Camouflage’ |
66 Sunnyside
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Farm handyman) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(Village belle) |
|
Tom Wilson |
(Boss) |
|
Tom Terriss |
(Young man from the city) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Villager and Edna’s father) |
|
Loyal Underwood |
(Fat boy’s father) |
|
Tom Wood |
(Fat boy) |
|
Helen Kohn |
(Nymph) |
|
Olive Burton |
(Nymph) |
|
Willie Mae Carson |
(Nymph) |
|
Olive Alcorn |
(Nymph) |
|
Park Jones |
|
|
Granville Redmond |
|
|
Al Blake |
|
|
Shorty Hendricks |
|
|
Lulu Jenks |
|
|
George Cole |
|
|
David Kohn |
|
|
Tom Harrington |
|
(Zasu Pitts worked in a number of scenes from 4 to 25 November; but her role appears to have been cut from the finished film)
|
In Cut Sequence |
|
|
Albert Austin |
(Man being shaved) |
|
Locations: |
Phelps Ranch, Lasky Ranch, Country Road in Beverly Hills, Bridge in San Fernando Road, Exterior of Edna’s home |
Production started: 4 November 1918
Production finished: 15 April 1919
Released: |
15 June 1919 |
Length: |
2769 ft |
67 A Day’s Pleasure
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Father) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(Mother) |
|
Marion Feducha |
(Small boy) |
|
Bob Kelly |
(Small boy) |
|
Jackie Coogan |
(Smallest boy) |
|
Tom Wilson |
(Large husband) |
|
Jean ‘Babe’ London |
(His seasick wife) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Captain and Man in car) |
|
Loyal Underwood |
(Angry little man in street) |
|
Albert Austin |
|
|
Jessie Van Trump |
|
(At the start of shooting, the role of Charlie’s wife was taken by the 495-lb Tom Wood)
Location: San Pedro pleasure boat, Ace
Production started: 21 May 1919
Production interrupted: 30 July–7 October 1919
Production finished: 19 October 1919
Released: |
15 December 1919 |
Length: |
1714 ft |
68 The Kid
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Tramp) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(Mother) |
|
Jackie Coogan |
(The Kid) |
|
Baby Hathaway |
(The Kid as a baby) |
|
Carl Miller |
(Artist) |
|
Granville Redmond |
|
|
May White |
(Policeman’s wife) |
|
Tom Wilson |
(Policeman) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Night shelter keeper) |
|
Charles Riesner |
(Bully) |
|
Raymond Lee |
(His kid brother) |
|
Lillita MacMurray [Lita Grey] |
(Flirtatious angel) |
|
Edith Wilson |
(Lady with pram) |
|
Baby Wilson |
(Baby in pram) |
|
Nellie Bly Baker |
(Slum nurse) |
|
Albert Austin |
(Man in shelter) |
|
Jack Coogan Sr |
(Pickpocket and Guest and Devil) |
|
Edgar Sherrod |
(Priest) |
|
Beulah Bains |
(Bride) |
|
Robert Dunbar |
(Bridegroom) |
|
Kitty Bradbury |
(Bride’s mother) |
|
Rupert Franklin |
(Bride’s father) |
|
Flora Howard |
(Bridesmaid) |
|
Elsie Sindora |
(Bridesmaid) |
|
Walter Lynch |
(Tough cop) |
|
Dan Dillon |
(Bum) |
|
Jules Hanft |
(Physician) |
|
Silas Wilcox |
(Cop) |
|
Kathleen Kay |
(Maid) |
|
Minnie Stearns |
(Fierce woman) |
|
Frank Campeau |
(Welfare officer) |
|
F. Blinn |
(His assistant) |
|
John McKinnon |
(Chief of Police) |
|
Monta Bell |
Elsie Young, V. Madison, Evans Quirk, Bliss Chevalier, Grace Keller, Irene Jennings, Florette Faulkner, Martha Hall, Estelle Cook, J. B. Russell, Lillian Crane, Sarah Kernan, Philip D’Oench, Charles I. Pierce |
|
|
(Extras in Wedding Scene) |
|
Elsie Codd (Chaplin’s English publicity representative), Mother Vinot (studio sewing lady), Louise Hathaway, Amada Yanez and Baby | |
|
|
(Extras in Alley Scene) |
|
Clyde McAtee, Frank Hale, Ed Hunt, Rupert Franklin, Frances Cochran, George Sheldon |
|
|
|
|
|
Sadie Gordon, Laura Pollard, L. Parker, Ethel O’Neil, L. Jenks, Esther Ralston, Henry Roser |
|
|
|
(Extras in Heaven Scene) |
Production started: 21 July 1919
Production finished: 30 July 1920
Released: |
6 February 1921 |
Length: |
5250 ft |
Working title: |
‘The Waif’ |
68a Nice and Friendly
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Villain) |
|
Lord Louis Mountbatten |
(Hero) |
|
Lady Edwina Mountbatten |
(Heroine) |
|
Jackie Coogan |
|
|
Colonel Robert M. Thompson |
|
|
Frederick Neilson |
|
|
Eulalie Neilson |
|
|
Sara Pell |
|
|
Stephen Pell |
|
(Improvised sketch, never released)
69 The Idle Class
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Tramp and Husband) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(Neglected wife) |
|
Mack Swain |
(Her father) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Sleeping hobo and Guest) |
|
Allan Garcia |
(His neighbour on a park bench and Guest) |
|
John Rand |
(Golfer and Guest) |
|
Rex Storey |
(Pickpocket and Guest) |
|
Lillian MacMurray |
(Maid) |
|
Lillita MacMurray |
(Maid) |
|
Loyal Underwood |
(Guest) |
|
Mrs Parker |
|
|
Lolita Parker |
|
|
Howard Olsen |
|
|
Edward Knoblock |
|
|
Granville Redmond |
|
|
Carlyle Robinson |
|
|
Joe Van Meter |
|
|
Bruce Belamator, William Thompson, William Hackett, Jack Mortimer, B. W. McComber, Charles Aber, Jim Collins, Jack Sydney, Duffy Kirk, Jack Lott, George Bastian, Howard Johnston, Joe Campbell, Richard Brewster, Mrs Ross Lang, Miss Helene Calverley, Margaret Rishell, Miss M. Parsons, Gertrude Pedlar, Ruth Darling, Joe Flores, Miss Grace, Carl Brown, Anita Walton, Miss Egbert, Lura Anson, Catherine Vidor, Gladys Webb, Mary Land, California Truman, Marie Crist, Lottie Cruz, Helen McMullin, Hugh Saxon, Harold Kent, Harold McNulty, Helen McKee, Gladys Baxter, Dolly Rich, Robert Badger, Jack Woods, C. S. Steele, Fred Wilson, E. C. Holkin, Miss Wicks, Mary Ann Bennett, Harriett Bennett, Vera Wilder, Ethel Childers, Anita Simons, Melissa Ledgerwood, Nel Foltz, Ruth Foster, Evelyn Burns, Jean Temle, Bertha Feducha, Pearl Palmer, Arnold Triller, Jack Underhill, John Sweeney, Clyde McCoy, George Milo, William Moore, George Mistler, J. A. Beaver, Charles Meakins, W. R. Denning, L. Chandler, L. Swisher, R. Pennell, Jules Hanft, Bob Palmer, Walter Bacon, Art Hanson, Harry Tenbrook, Bill Carey, Joe Anderson, Paul Mertz |
|
|
|
(Extras) |
Production started: 29 January 1921
Production finished: 25 June 1921
Released: |
25 September 1921 |
Length: |
1916 ft |
70 Pay Day
Production started: 6 August 1921
Production interrupted by Chaplin’s European tour, September–October 1921
Production finished: 23 February 1922
Released: |
2 April 1922 |
Length: |
1950 ft |
71 The Pilgrim
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Escaped convict) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(Girl) |
|
Kitty Bradbury |
(Her mother, Charlie’s landlady) |
|
Mack Swain |
(Deacon) |
|
Loyal Underwood |
(Elder) |
|
Charles Riesner |
(Thief) |
|
Dinky Dean [Riesner] |
(Horrid child) |
|
Sydney Chaplin |
(His father) |
|
May Wells |
(His mother) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Sheriff on train) |
|
Tom Murray |
(Local sheriff) |
|
Monta Bell |
(Policeman) |
|
Jack Wilson |
(Clergyman who loses clothes) |
|
Raymond Lee |
(Boy in congregation) |
|
Frank Antunez |
(Bandit) |
|
Joe Van Meter |
(Bandit) |
|
Phyllis Allen |
(Member of congregation) |
|
Florence Latimer |
(Member of congregation) |
|
Edith Bostwick |
(Member of congregation) |
|
Laddie Earle |
(Member of congregation) |
|
Louis Troester |
(Member of congregation) |
|
Beth Nagel |
(Member of congregation) |
|
Mrs C. Johnson |
(Member of congregation) |
|
Marion Davies |
(Member of congregation) |
|
Miss Evans |
|
|
Frank Liscomb |
|
|
S. D. Wilcox |
|
|
Robert Traughbur |
|
|
Carlyle Robinson |
|
|
Jack McCredie |
|
|
Charles Hafler |
|
|
Bill Carey |
|
|
Paul Mason McNeill |
|
|
Sarah Barrows, Donnabelle Ouster, Gallie Frey, Della Glowner, Theresa Gray, Cecile Harcourt, Anna Hicks, Martha Harris, Mary Hamlett, Ethel Kennedy, Emily Lamont, Agnes Lynch, Mildred Pitts, Katherine Parrish, Edna Rowe, Mabel Shoulters, Georgia Sherrart, Rose Wheeler, George Bradford, George Carruthers, J. Espan, F. F. Guenste, Lee Glowner, Harry Hicks, Carl Jensen, Tom Ray, James J. Smith, S. H. Williams, Paul Wilkins, H. Wolfinger |
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|
(Extras in Church Scene) |
Production started: 1 April 1922
Production finished: 15 July 1922
Première: |
26 February 1923, Strand Theatre, New York |
Length: |
3647 ft |
71a The Professor
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Professor Bosco) |
Production started: 30 September 1919
Production finished: ?(Film possibly assembled from out-takes from other pictures)
Never released, but declared by Chaplin to be ready for release in November 1922
Length: |
An edited sequence of some 450 feet survives, along with a few out-takes apparently from another sequence. Chaplin’s correspondence with Sydney in 1923, however, refers to The Professor as a two-reeler – i.e. approximately 2000 feet. |
The United Artists Films 1923–52
72 A Woman of Paris
Production: |
Regent–United Artists |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin |
Photography: |
Roland Totheroh |
Second Camera: |
Jack Wilson |
Assistant: |
Edward Sutherland |
Literary Editor: |
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Art Director: |
Arthur Stibolt |
Research: |
Jean de Limur, Henri d’Abbadie d’Arrast |
Cast: |
Edna Purviance |
(Marie St Clair) |
|
Adolphe Menjou |
(Pierre Revel) |
|
Carl Miller |
(Jean Millet) |
|
Lydia Knott |
(Jean’s mother) |
|
Charles French |
(Jean’s father) |
|
Clarence Geldert |
(Marie’s father) |
|
Betty Morrissey |
(Fifi) |
|
Malvina Polo |
(Paulette) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Head waiter) |
|
Harry Northrup |
(Man about town) |
|
Nellie Bly Baker |
(Masseuse) |
|
Karl Gutman |
(Orchestra leader) |
|
Miss Delante [Stella De Lanti (?)] |
(Revel’s fiancée) |
|
Charles Chaplin |
(Porter) |
Production started: 27 November 1922
Production finished: 29 September 1923
Première: |
26 September 1923, Criterion Theatre, Hollywood |
Length: |
7557 ft |
73 The Gold Rush
Production: |
Chaplin–United Artists |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin |
Photography: |
Roland Totheroh |
Cameramen: |
Jack Wilson, Mark Marlatt |
Art Director: |
Charles D. Hall |
Assistant Directors: |
Charles Riesner, Henri d’Abbadie d’Arrast, Eddie Sutherland |
Production Manager: |
Alfred Reeves |
(Shooting began with Lita Grey as leading lady. Georgia Hale took over the role in December 1924)
Production started: December 1923
Production completed: 21 May 1925
Première: |
26 June 1925, Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood |
Length: |
8555 ft |
Reissue Version
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Narrator: |
Charles Chaplin |
Music: |
Charles Chaplin |
Musical Director: |
Max Terr |
Editor: |
Harold McGhean |
Released: |
19 May 1942 |
Length: |
8498 ft |
74 The Circus
Production: |
Chaplin–United Artists |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin |
Photography: |
Roland Totheroh |
Cameramen: |
Jack Wilson, Mark Marlatt |
Assistant Director: |
Harry Crocker |
Art Director: |
Charles D. Hall |
Editor: |
Charles Chaplin |
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Tramp) |
|
Merna Kennedy |
(Equestrienne) |
|
Allan Garcia |
(Circus proprietor) |
|
Harry Crocker |
(Rex, the high wire walker) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Old clown) |
|
Stanley J. (‘Tiny’) Sandford |
(Chief property man) |
|
George Davis |
(Magician) |
|
Betty Morrissey |
(Vanishing lady) |
|
John Rand |
|
|
Armand Triller |
(Clown) |
|
Steve Murphy |
(Pickpocket) |
|
Bill Knight |
(Cop) |
|
Jack Pierce |
(Man operating ropes) |
|
H. L. Kyle |
|
|
Eugene Barry |
|
|
L. J. O’Connor |
|
|
Hugh Saxon |
|
|
Jack Bernard |
|
|
Max Tyron |
|
|
A. Bachman |
|
|
William Blystone |
|
|
Numi |
(Lion) |
|
Bobby |
(Monkey) |
|
Josephine |
(Monkey) |
|
Jimmy |
(Monkey) |
|
In Cut Sequences |
|
|
Doc Stone |
(Twin Prize Fighters) |
Production started: 2 November 1925
Production interrupted: 5 December 1926–6 September 1927
Production finished: 19 November 1927
Première: |
6 January 1928, Strand Theatre, New York |
Length: |
6500 ft |
Reissue Version
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Music: |
Charles Chaplin |
Musical Director: |
Eric James |
Song ‘Swing, Little Girl’ composed and sung by Charles Chaplin
Released: |
1970 |
Length: |
6431 ft |
75 City Lights
Production: |
Chaplin–United Artists |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin |
Photography: |
Roland Totheroh |
Cameramen: |
Mark Marlatt, Gordon Pollock |
Assistant Directors: |
Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin |
Art Director: |
|
Music: |
Charles Chaplin |
Arranger: |
Arthur Johnston |
Music Director: |
Alfred Newman |
Editor: |
Charles Chaplin |
Musical themes used in addition to original compositions: ‘Star-Spangled Banner’, ‘Hail, Hail, The Gang’s All Here’, ‘Dixie’, ‘I Hear You Calling Me’, ‘Home, Sweet Home’, ‘La Violetera’ (Jose Padilla), ‘Swanee River’, ‘How Dry Am I’, ‘St Louis Blues’ (W. C. Handy)
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(The Tramp) |
|
Virginia Cherrill |
(The Blind Girl) |
|
Florence Lee |
(Her grandmother) |
|
Harry Myers |
(Millionaire) |
|
Hank Mann |
(Boxer) |
|
Eddie Baker |
(Referee) |
|
Tom Dempsey |
(Boxer) |
|
Eddie McAuliffe |
(Boxer who leaves in a hurry) |
|
Willie Keeler |
(Boxer) |
|
Victor Alexander |
(Knocked-out boxer) |
|
Tony Stabeman |
(Victorious boxer, later knocked out) |
|
Emmett Wagner |
(Second) |
|
Joe Herrick, A. B. Lane, Cy Slocum, Ad Herman, Jack |
|
|
Alexander |
(Extras in boxing scene) |
|
T. S. Alexander |
(Doctor) |
|
Allan Garcia |
(Butler) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Mayor and Janitor) |
|
Albert Austin |
(Street sweeper and Burglar) |
|
Joe Van Meter |
(Burglar) |
|
John Rand |
(Tramp) |
|
Spike Robinson |
(Man who throws away cigar) |
|
Stanley J. ‘Tiny’ Sandford |
(Man on lift in front of art shop) |
|
Mrs Hyams |
(Flower shop assistant) |
|
James Donnelly |
(Foreman) |
|
Harry Ayers |
(Cop) |
|
Stanhope Wheatcroft |
(Man in café) |
|
Jean Harlow |
(Extra in night club scene) |
|
(Extra in night club scene) | |
|
Florence Wicks |
(Woman who sits on cigar) |
|
Mark Strong |
(Man in night club) |
|
Mrs Garcia |
(Woman at left of table in night club) |
|
Peter Diego |
(Man in mix-up with coat and hat) |
|
Betty Blair |
(Woman at centre of table in night club) |
|
Robert Parrish |
(Newsboy) |
|
Margaret Oliver, Charlie Hammond, Milton Gowman |
(Extras in street scene) |
|
In cut sequence |
|
Harry Crocker |
(Window dresser) |
|
Charles Lederer |
(Express boy) |
|
Edith Wilson |
(Younger lady looking in window) |
|
|
Blanche Payson |
(Older lady looking in window) |
Production started: 31 December 1927
Production finished: 22 January 1931
Première: |
30 January 1931, Los Angeles Theatre |
London Première: |
27 February 1931, Dominion Theatre |
Length: |
8093 ft |
76 Modern Times
Production: |
|
Chaplin–United Artists |
Producer: |
|
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
|
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
|
Charles Chaplin |
Photography: |
|
Roland Totheroh, Ira Morgan |
Assistant Directors: |
|
Carter De Haven, Henry Bergman |
Art Directors: |
|
Charles D. Hall, Russell Spencer |
Music: |
|
Charles Chaplin |
Arrangers: |
|
Edward Powell, David Raksin |
Musical Director: |
|
Alfred Newman |
Musical themes used in addition to original compositions: ‘Halleluiah, I’m a Bum’, ‘Prisoners’ Song’ (C. Massey), ‘How Dry Am I’, ‘In the Evening By the Moonlight’ (Bland), ‘Je cherche après Titine’ (Duncan and Daniderff)
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(A worker) |
|
Paulette Goddard |
(Gamine) |
|
Henry Bergman |
(Café owner) |
|
Stanley J. (‘Tiny’) Sandford |
|
|
Chester Conklin |
(Mechanic) |
|
Hank Mann |
(Burglar) |
|
Louis Natheaux |
(Burglar) |
|
Stanley Blystone |
(Sheriff Couler) |
|
Allan Garcia |
(Company boss) |
|
Sam Stein |
(Foreman) |
|
Juana Sutton |
(Woman with buttoned bosom) |
|
Jack Low |
(Worker) |
|
Walter James |
(Worker) |
|
Dick Alexander |
(Convict) |
|
Dr Cecil Reynolds |
(Prison chaplain) |
|
Myra McKinney |
(Chaplain’s wife) |
|
Lloyd Ingraham |
(Prison governor) |
|
Heinie Conklin |
(Workman) |
|
John Rand |
(Convict) |
|
Murdoch McQuarrie |
|
|
Wilfred Lucas |
|
|
Edward le Saint |
|
|
Fred Maltesta |
|
|
Ted Oliver |
|
|
Edward Kimball |
|
Production started: September 1933
Production finished: 12 January 1936
Première: |
5 February 1936, Rivoli Theatre, New York |
London Première: |
11 February 1936, Tivoli Theatre |
Length: |
8126 ft |
77 The Great Dictator
Production: |
Chaplin–United Artists |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin, in part suggested by Sydney Chaplin’s 1921 film, King, Queen, Joker |
Photography: |
Karl Struss, Roland Totheroh |
Assistant Directors: |
Dan James, Robert Meltzer, Wheeler Dryden |
Art Director: |
J. Russell Spencer |
Editor: |
Willard Nico |
Music: |
Charles Chaplin, with paraphrases of Wagner, Brahms |
Musical Director: |
Meredith Willson |
Sound: |
|
Sound Coordinator: |
Henry Bergman |
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Adenoid Hynkel and The Barber) |
|
Paulette Goddard |
(Hannah) |
|
Jack Oakie |
(Benzino Napaloni) |
|
Henry Daniell |
(Garbitsch) |
|
Reginald Gardiner |
(Schultz) |
|
Billy Gilbert |
(Herring) |
|
Maurice Moskovich |
(Mr Jaeckel) |
|
Emma Dunn |
(Mrs Jaeckel) |
|
Bernard Gorcey |
(Mr Mann) |
|
Paul Weigel |
(Mr Agar) |
|
Grace Hayle |
(Madame Napaloni) |
|
Carter De Haven |
(Ambassador) |
|
Chester Conklin |
(Customer in barber’s shop) |
|
Hank Mann |
(Storm trooper) |
|
Eddie Gribbon |
(Storm trooper) |
|
Richard Alexander |
(Storm trooper) |
|
Leo White |
(Hynkel’s barber) |
|
Lucien Prival |
(Officer) |
|
Stanley J. ‘Tiny’ Sandford |
(1918 soldier) |
|
Pat Flaherty |
|
|
Harry Semels |
|
|
Esther Michaelson |
|
|
Florence Wright |
|
|
Robert O. David |
|
|
Eddie Dunn |
|
|
Peter Lynn Hayes |
|
|
Nita Pike |
|
|
Jack Perrin |
|
|
Max Davidson |
|
|
Nellie V. Nichols |
|
Production started: 1 January 1939
First shot: |
9 September 1939 |
Final shot: |
2 October 1940 |
Première: |
15 October 1940, Capitol and Astor Theatres, New York |
London Première: |
16 December 1940, Prince of Wales, Gaumont, Haymarket, Marble Arch, Pavilion Theatres |
Length: |
11,628 ft |
78 Monsieur Verdoux
Production: |
Chaplin–United Artists |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin, suggested by an idea of Orson Welles |
Photography: |
Curt Courant, Roland Totheroh |
Cameraman: |
Wallace Chewning |
Associate Directors: |
Robert Florey, Wheeler Dryden |
Assistant Director: |
Rex Bailey |
Art Director: |
John Beckman |
Editor: |
Willard Nico |
Music: |
Charles Chaplin |
Musical Director: |
Rudolph Schrager |
Sound: |
James T. Corrigan |
Costumes: |
Drew Tetrick |
Make-up: |
William Knight |
Hair stylist: |
Hedvig M. Jornd |
Narrator: |
Charles Chaplin |
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Monsieur Henri Verdoux) |
|
Martha Raye |
(Annabella Bonheur) |
|
Isobel Elsom |
(Marie Grosnay) |
|
Marilyn Nash |
(The Girl) |
|
Robert Lewis |
(Monsieur Bottello) |
|
Mady Correll |
(Madame Verdoux) |
|
Allison Roddan |
(Peter Verdoux) |
|
Audrey Betz |
(Madame Bottello) |
|
Ada-May Wells |
(Annette) |
|
Marjorie Bennett |
(Maid) |
|
Helene High |
(Yvonne) |
|
Margaret Hoffmann |
(Lydia Floray) |
|
Irving Bacon |
(Pierre Couvais) |
|
Edwin Mills |
(Jean Couvais) |
|
Virginia Brissac |
(Carlotta Couvais) |
|
Almira Sessions |
(Lena Couvais) |
|
Eula Morgan |
(Phoebe Couvais) |
|
Bernard J. Nedell |
(Prefect) |
|
Charles Evans |
(Detective Morrow) |
|
Arthur Hohl |
(Estate agent) |
|
John Harmon |
(Joe Dawin) |
|
Vera Marshe |
|
|
William Frawley |
(Jean La Salle) |
|
Fritz Leiber |
(Priest) |
|
Fred Karno Jr |
(Mr Karno) |
|
Barry Norton |
(Guest) |
|
Pierre Watkin |
(Attorney) |
|
Cyril Delevanti |
(Postman) |
|
Charles Wagenheim |
(Friend) |
|
Addison Richards |
(M. Millet) |
|
James Craven |
(Friend) |
|
Franklin Farnum |
(Victim) |
|
Herb Vigran |
(Reporter) |
|
Boyd Irwin |
(Warder) |
|
Paul Newland |
(Guest) |
|
Joseph Crehan |
(Broker) |
|
Wheaton Chambers |
(Druggist) |
|
Frank Reicher |
(Doctor) |
|
Wheeler Dryden |
(Salesman) |
|
Thérèse Lyon |
(Jeannette) |
|
Lester Mathews |
(Prosecuting attorney) |
|
Richard Abbot |
(Defence attorney) |
|
Garnett Monks |
(Foreman of jury) |
|
Joseph Granby |
(Court clerk) |
|
Julius Cramer |
(Executioner) |
|
Art Miller |
(Guard) |
|
Albert Petit |
(Spectator) |
|
Barbara Slater |
(Flower girl) |
|
Ella Ethridge |
(Woman in street) |
|
Christine Ell |
(Maid) |
|
Lois Conklin |
(Flower girl) |
|
Alicia Adams |
(Flower girl) |
|
Elisabeth Dudgeon |
(Old Hag) |
|
John Harmon |
(Joe, friend of Annabella) |
|
Vera Marshe |
(Vicki, friend of Annabella) |
|
Daniel de Jonghe |
(Waiter) |
|
George Dees |
(Waiter) |
|
Carlo Schipa |
(Waiter) |
|
Albert D’Arno |
(Waiter) |
|
Bert le Baron |
(Doorman at Café Royal) |
|
Jean Bittner |
|
|
Munnel Petroff |
(Diner in Café Royal) |
|
Tom Wilson |
|
|
Phillips Smalley |
|
Production started: April 1946
First studio shot: 3 June (exteriors shot at Lake Arrowhead, 21–23 May) 1946
Final shot: |
5 September 1946 |
Production finished: |
4 March 1947 |
Première: |
11 April 1947, Broadway Theatre, New York |
Length: |
11,132 ft |
79 Limelight
Production: |
Celebrated–United Artists |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin |
Photography: |
Karl Struss |
Photographic Consultant: |
Roland Totheroh |
Assistant Producers: |
Wheeler Dryden, Jerome Epstein |
Associate Director: |
Robert Aldrich |
Art Director: |
Eugène Lourié |
Editor: |
Joseph Engel |
Choreography: |
Charles Chaplin, André Eglevsky, Melissa Hayden |
Corps de ballet: |
Carmelita Marucci |
Music: |
Charles Chaplin |
Musical Director: |
Ray Rasch |
Conductor: |
Keith Williams |
|
Songs (‘The Animal Trainer’, ‘The Sardine Song’, ‘Spring is Here’): Charles Chaplin, Ray Rasch |
Sound: |
Hugh McDowell |
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Calvero) |
|
Claire Bloom |
(Terry) |
|
Buster Keaton |
(Partner) |
|
Sydney Chaplin |
(Neville) |
|
Norman Lloyd |
(Bodalink) |
|
Marjorie Bennett |
(Mrs Alsop) |
|
Wheeler Dryden |
(Doctor and Clown) |
|
Nigel Bruce |
(Mr Postant) |
|
Barry Bernard |
(John Redfern) |
|
Leonard Mudie |
(Doctor) |
|
Snub Pollard |
|
|
Loyal Underwood |
(Musician) |
|
Julian Ludwig |
(Musician) |
|
André Eglevsky |
(Harlequin) |
|
Melissa Hayden |
(Columbine) |
|
Charles Chaplin Jr |
(Pantomime policeman) |
|
Geraldine Chaplin |
(Child in street) |
|
Michael Chaplin |
(Child in street) |
|
Josephine Chaplin |
(Child in street) |
|
Jack Deery |
(Emissary – Dress Circle) |
|
Major Sam Harris |
(Old fogey in Dress Circle) |
|
Dorothy Ford |
(Patrician lady in Dress Circle) |
|
Charley Hall |
(News vendor) |
|
Leonard Mudi |
(Doctor) |
|
Elizabeth Root, Millicent Patrick, Judy Landon, Sherry Moreland, Valerie Vernon, Eric Wilson, Cyril Delevanti, Frank Hagrey |
|
|
|
(Extras in Dress Circle) |
|
Oona O’ Neill Chaplin |
(Double for Terry, in brief long-shot) |
|
Stapleton Kent |
(Claudius, the Armless Wonder) |
|
Mollie Glessing |
(Maid) |
Production started: |
12 November 1951 |
Opening shot: |
19 November 1951 |
Final shot: |
25 January 1952 |
Première: |
23 October 1952, Odeon Theatre, Leicester Square, London |
US Première: |
23 October 1952, Astor and Trans Lux Theatres, New York |
Length: |
12,636 ft |
The British Productions 1957–67
80 A King in New York
Production: |
Attica-Archway |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin |
Photography: |
Georges Périnal |
Camera Operator: |
Jeff Seaholme |
Assistant Director: |
René Dupont |
Associate Producer: |
Jerome Epstein Art |
Director: |
|
Editor: |
John Seabourne |
Assistant: |
Tony Bohy |
Music: |
Charles Chaplin |
Arranged by: |
Boris Sarbek |
Conducted by: |
Leighton Lucas |
Sound Supervisor: |
John Cox |
Sound Recording: |
Bert Ross, Bob Jones |
Sound Editor: |
Spencer Reeve |
Sound System: |
Westrex |
Special Effects: |
Wally Veevers |
Continuity: |
Barbara Cole |
Make-up: |
Stuart Freeborn |
Hair Stylist: |
Helen Penfold |
Wardrobe Supervisor: |
J. Wilson-Apperson |
Production Controller: |
Mickey Delamar |
Production Manager: |
Eddie Pike Furs: |
Deanfield Studio: |
Shepperton |
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(King Shahdov) |
|
Maxine Audley |
(Queen Irene) |
|
Jerry Desmonde |
(Prime Minister Voudel) |
|
Oliver Johnston |
(Ambassador Jaume) |
|
Dawn Addams |
(Ann Kay – TV producer) |
|
Sidney James |
(Johnson – TV advertiser) |
|
Joan Ingrams |
(Mona Cromwell – Hostess) |
|
Michael Chaplin |
(Rupert Macabee) |
|
John McLaren |
(Mr Macabee) |
|
Phil Brown |
(Headmaster) |
|
Harry Green |
(Lawyer Green) |
|
Robert Arden |
(Liftboy) |
|
Alan Gifford |
(School superintendent) |
|
Robert Cawdron |
(US Marshal) |
|
George Woodbridge |
(Member of Atomic Commission) |
|
Clifford Buckton |
(Member of Atomic Commission) |
|
Vincent Lawson |
(Member of Atomic Commission) |
|
Shani Wallis |
(Singer) |
|
Joy Nichols |
(Singer) |
|
Nicholas Tannar |
(Butler) |
|
George Truzzi |
(Comedian) |
|
Laurie Lupino Lane |
|
|
Macdonald Parke |
|
Released: |
12 September 1957 |
Length: |
9891 ft |
81 A Countess From Hong Kong
Production: |
|
Universal |
Producer: |
|
Jerome Epstein |
Director: |
|
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
|
Charles Chaplin |
Photography: |
|
Arthur Ibbetson |
Assistant Director: |
|
Jack Causey |
Production Designer: |
|
Don Ashton |
Art Director: |
|
Robert Cartwright |
Set Decorator: |
|
Vernon Dixon |
Wardrobe mistress: |
|
Hilda Geerdts |
Editor: |
|
Gordon Hales |
Music: |
|
Charles Chaplin |
Musical Director: |
|
Lambert Williamson |
Musical Associate: |
|
Eric James |
Sound: |
|
Michael Hopkins |
Sound Recording: |
|
Bill Daniels, Ken Barker |
Production Supervisor: |
|
Denis Johnson |
Titles: |
|
Gordon Shadrick |
Colour: |
|
Technicolor, CinemaScope. |
Cast: |
Marlon Brando |
(Ogden Mears) |
|
Sophia Loren |
(Countess Natascha Alexandroff) |
|
Sydney Chaplin |
(Harvey Crothers) |
|
Tippi Hedren |
(Martha Mears) |
|
Patrick Cargill |
(Hudson) |
|
Margaret Rutherford |
(Miss Gaulswallow) |
|
Michael Medwin |
(John Felix) |
|
Oliver Johnston |
(Clark) |
|
John Paul |
(Captain) |
|
Angela Scoular |
(Society girl) |
|
Peter Bartlett |
(Steward) |
|
Bill Nagy |
(Crawford) |
|
Dilys Laye |
(Saleswoman) |
|
Angela Pringle |
(Baroness) |
|
Jenny Bridge |
|
|
Maureen Russell |
(Countess) |
|
Jackie Dee |
(Girl in dance hall) |
|
Ray Marlowe |
(American in dance hall) |
|
Arthur Gross |
(Immigration officer) |
|
Balbina |
(Maid) |
|
Geraldine Chaplin |
(Girl in ballroom) |
|
Janine Hill |
(Girl in ballroom) |
|
Christine Rogers |
(Girl in ballroom) |
|
Pat Hagan |
(Girl in ballroom) |
|
Gerry Howes |
(Man in ballroom) |
|
Anthony Chin |
(Hawaiian) |
|
Burnell Tucker |
(Receptionist) |
|
Leonard Trolley |
(Purser) |
|
Lee Lowe |
(Electrician) |
|
Francis Dux |
(Head waiter) |
|
Cecil Cheng |
(Taxi driver) |
|
Ronald Rubin |
(Sailor) |
|
Michael Spice |
(Sailor) |
|
Ray Marlowe |
(Sailor) |
|
Josephine Chaplin |
(Young girl) |
|
Victoria Chaplin |
(Young girl) |
|
Harold Korn |
(Officer) |
|
Holly Grey |
(Steward) |
|
Kevin Manser |
(Photographer) |
|
Marianne Stone |
(Reporter) |
|
Lew Luton |
(Reporter) |
|
Bill Edwards |
(Reporter) |
|
Drew Russell |
(Reporter) |
|
John Sterland |
(Reporter) |
|
Paul Carson |
(Reporter) |
|
Paul Tamarin |
(Reporter) |
|
Carol Cleveland |
(Nurse) |
|
Charles Chaplin |
(An old steward) |
Released: |
2 January 1967 |
Length: |
11,033 ft |
Film Produced by Chaplin
A Woman of The Sea (Working title: Sea Gulls)
Production: |
Charles Chaplin Film Corporation |
Producer: |
Josef von Sternberg |
Director: |
Josef von Sternberg |
Scenario: |
Josef von Sternberg |
Photography: |
Eddie Gheller, Paul Ivano |
Cameraman: |
Mark Marlatt |
Art Director: |
Charles D. Hall |
Assistants: |
George Ruric, Charles Hammond, Riza Royce |
Cast: |
Edna Purviance |
(Joan) |
|
Eve Southern |
(Magdalen) |
|
Charles French |
(Their Father) |
|
Raymond Bloomer |
(Peter, the fisherman) |
|
Gayne Whitman |
(The novelist from the city) The film was never released; on 24 June 1933 the negative was formally burnt. |
Compilation Film
80a The Chaplin Revue
Production: |
Roy Film Establishment–United Artists |
Producer: |
Charles Chaplin |
Director: |
Charles Chaplin |
Scenario: |
Charles Chaplin |
Music: |
Charles Chaplin |
Musical Director: |
Eric James |
Song, ‘Bound For Texas’: |
Charles Chaplin |
Sung by: |
Matt Munro |
Narrator: |
Charles Chaplin |
Compiled from A Dog’s Life, Shoulder Arms, The Pilgrim and How to Make Movies
Released: |
24 September 1959 |
Length: |
11,150 ft |
Unauthorized Films: Essanay Period
49a The Essanay–Chaplin Revue
5-reel anthology of The Tramp, His New Job and A Night Out.
Released: |
23 September 1916 |
50 Triple Trouble
Producer: |
Jess Robbins for Essanay |
Directors: |
Charles Chaplin and Leo White |
Scenario: |
Leo White |
Cast: |
Charles Chaplin |
(Janitor) |
|
Edna Purviance |
(Maid) |
|
Leo White |
(Count) |
|
Billy Armstrong |
(Cook and Thief) |
|
James T. Kelly |
(Singing derelict) |
|
Bud Jamison |
(Tramp) |
|
Wesley Ruggles |
(Cook) |
|
Albert Austin |
(Man) |
An amalgam, assembled by White, of scenes from Police and an uncompleted Essanay Chaplin short, Life, with new material directed by White.
Released: |
11 August 1918 |
Length: |
2000 ft approximately |
50a Chase Me Charlie
7-reel montage of Essanay films, edited by Langford Reed.
Released: |
May 1918 |
Length: |
6500 ft approximately |
Other Film Appearances
His Regeneration (1915)
An Essanay Broncho Billy film, in which Chaplin plays himself.
The Nut (1921)
Production: |
Douglas Fairbanks–United Artists |
Director: |
Theodore Reed |
Starring: |
Douglas Fairbanks |
Chaplin appears as himself.
Souls For Sale (1923)
Production: |
Rupert Hughes–Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Director: |
Rupert Hughes |
Chaplin appears as himself, along with many other Hollywood stars.
Show People (1928)
Production: |
Cosmopolitan–MGM |
Director: |
King Vidor |
Starring: |
Marion Davies |
Chaplin appears as himself.
The Gentleman Tramp (1975)
Production: |
Filmverhuurkantoor ‘De Dam’ D.V.-Audjeff |
Director: |
Richard Patterson |
Compilation documentary, with newly filmed scenes of Chaplin at home in Corsier sur Vevey.